Texas State at South Dakota State

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Sept. 22, 2007

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Texas State converted on fourth-and-one during its first scoring drive (Ireland's 48-yard field goal) and had a second conversion in the opening half. The Bobcats entered the game 6-for-10 on fourth-down conversions.

The Bobcats entered the game perfect from within the red zone but had one drive inside the 20 end in a failed field goal attempt while the squad's first drive of the second half ended with a fumble inside the 10.

Clint Toon made his debut at quarterback with 7:10 to play in the third quarter when Bradley George took a hit on an option run. The junior from Kilgore completed a six-yard pass to Karrington Bush that fell short of a first down and forced the Bobcats to punt.

Texas State played on natural grass for the first time since playing at McNeese State last season. Texas State won that last outing on the real stuff 27-17. It was the Cowboys' lone conference loss. Since then, Texas State had played eight straight games on artificial surfaces prior to Saturday's game against South Dakota State.

South Dakota State drew a standing-room only crowd for the Annual Beef Bowl. It was the fourth straight year the annual game, which honors the regional beef industry, drew 10,000+ to the game. Announced attendance at the 15,000-seat stadium was 14,920, the fifth-largest crowd in school history. Officials at SDSU would have been hard-pressed to put anyone else in the stadium which had fans stacked at some places two and three deep around a chain link fence which separated the stands from the field.

South Dakota State was the second Great West Football Conference opponent Texas State played this season. The Bobcats opened the year with a 38-35 win over GWFC member Cal Poly.

Brookings, S.D., home of South Dakota State University, is also home of Daktronics, Inc. Daktronics was awarded the contract to build new scoreboards for Texas State's football, basketball/volleyball, baseball and softball facilities. Naturally, SDSU has a Daktronics video board at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.